Sam didn't worry too much about the vines, though. His main worry is the lava lake itself. Even though he is using the fire elemental fusion and his golden flames are far stronger, this golden lava's heat far greater and it is trying to devour his body whole. He is trying his best to control and stay intact.
When the vines are moving and trying to catch him, he was able to move freely. As he looked at the vines, he could see the traces of the hydra's poison. He didn't expect too much from it and he is not counting on the poisoning, rather he wanted to test the limits of the physical corrosion and it seems like it has little effect.
He dove deeper into the pool and took out another energy cell. This one is cylindrical in shape and also water elemental in nature. But it is not too big. He destabilized it and rammed it straight into the bed of the lake.
